State Ex Rel. Hall v. Schlaegel

WORKMAN, Justice:

Petitioner C.E. “Sam” Hall, Prosecuting Attorney of Boone County, seeks to prohibit the enforcement of an order entered by the Circuit Court of Boone County on October 9, 1997, which dismissed the State’s information against Respondent Charles Gregory Brown for operating a motor vehicle during a period when his operator’s license had been revoked for driving under the influence (“DUI”). The lower court’s decision to dismiss the criminal charge filed against Mr. Brown was based on the fact that the six-month period of license revocation provided for by West Virginia Code §…